What prog DVD are you watching tonight?

I have the original concert VHS of this somewhere. Will have to transfer it to DVD someday.

 

Some other things ...

 

200 Motels:

Out anytime on DVD ... FINALLY! And this is probably the beginning of prog ... as we would never want to know it. Sorry all you orchestra fanatics, but this one is the best!

 

Tangerine Dream: Phaedra 25th Anniversary

Finally got that DVD and what a treat it is ... nto sure that all of us can sit through almost two hours of the history of Tangerine Dream, but it tells you that these folks KNOW their synthesizers and can make the music as good, if not perfect, as it was before.

 

Klaus Schulze and Lisa Garrard: Rheingold

Acquired taste. Mostly because many folks here think that Klaus is just a turned on Sequencer and does nothing else but superimpose these. In case you decide that this is not for you, do check out the 2 extras on the DVD, one being a nice run through one of the engineers in the cutting room, and the other is Steven Wilson interviewing yours trully ... and if you don't think Steven does not know the history of "progressive" music and "krautrock" ... you will probably gain a massive appreciation for his intelligence and you can see why he is in such a high demand as a producer and mastering engineer.  The DVD itself is all ad-lib and it is nice to see one person just flow with the sound, and another simply be able to add/subtract/change ... and still sound so good. And check out the audience reaction when he mentions doing a sequencer piece ... in case you don't think these people don't knwo the difference!

 

Caravan

That concert in the Nearfest? (have to check again!). Yeah, it was pretty nice and enjoyable. I still want to see the DVD of the concert that produced The New Sinfonia ... because the remaster of that concert is even better than the original album. And yes, the story did go that the orchestra would not do an encore since they would not get paid, until Pye said ... screw you, we're going out without you ... and when the orchestra members heard the roar, it appears they changed their minds and came in! It's not every day that appreciation for what just happened is ... a once in a lifetime opportunity, and you want to be a part of that!

 

Still want to get and see:

 

Egberto Gismonti ... but I am not sure that we can see him with Jan Garbarek, Charlie Haden and another Magico evening! I would be ok with Academia de Dancas! Or even nana Vasconcellos.

 

Terje Rypdal and David Darling ... someone ought to lock those two down again and record them. It's the greatest shame in music that no one here has heard that album EOS, but I want to get rich enough to have these two in my house getting paid the most they ever have for an evening concert for myself ... and screw you all that didn't check this out ... it's one of the most beautiful things ever recorded. And I want a DVD of it! Invitations and plane tickets will also be sent out to a handful of folks that earned it for music appreciation!

 

Vangelis would be nice ... but not sure he will ever do it ... way too much work to get it done. I think I would just invite him to my house and let him play around on the computer ... he would probably have a riot!

 

 

And for one more _______ time, since you are not listening ... it is REMASTERED ... and has stuff that was not on the original album.